Hearing rattles from a snake, you make two rapid displacements of magnitude 1.8m and 2.4m.In sketches (roughly to scale) show how your two displacements might add up to give a resultant of magnitude a) 4.2cm b) 0.6cm. c) 3.0cm

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1. Hearing rattles from a snake, you make two rapid displacements of magnitude 1.8m and 2.4m.In sketches (roughly to scale) show how your two displacements might add up to give a resultant of magnitude a) 4.2cm b) 0.6cm. c) 3.0cm
1. Hearing rattles from a snake, you make two rapid displacements of magnitude1.8m and 2.4m. In
sketches (roughly to scale) show how your two displacements might add up to give a resultant of
magnitude a) 4.2cm;
b) 0.6cm;
c) 3.0cm
2. A cross-country skier skis 1.0km North and then 2.0km east on a horizontal snow field. What is
the magnitude her resultant displacement?
3. What is the direction of the resultant displacement in problem number 2?
4. The Cleveland terminal tower building 708 feet tall, is observed by a man 1.5miles away. What is
the Angle between the ground and his line of sight to the top of the building? (Draw a sketch)
5. Compute the x and y components of the vectors Ā, B and C in the figure below.
y
37.0 A(12.0m)
40.0°
60.0°
C(6.0m)
В (15.0m)
6. Add the following displacements by the component method. 8.0 ft directed 45° northeast, 12.0ft
directed south, and 20.0 ft directed 45° South of West.
7.
Find the scalar product of two vectors A=4i+3j and B=5i-2j.
8. Find the Angle between Vectors given in problem 7.
9.
Find the vector product of vectors given in problem 7.
10. What is the Magnitude of the vector product in problem 9.
Transcribed Image Text:1. Hearing rattles from a snake, you make two rapid displacements of magnitude1.8m and 2.4m. In sketches (roughly to scale) show how your two displacements might add up to give a resultant of magnitude a) 4.2cm; b) 0.6cm; c) 3.0cm 2. A cross-country skier skis 1.0km North and then 2.0km east on a horizontal snow field. What is the magnitude her resultant displacement? 3. What is the direction of the resultant displacement in problem number 2? 4. The Cleveland terminal tower building 708 feet tall, is observed by a man 1.5miles away. What is the Angle between the ground and his line of sight to the top of the building? (Draw a sketch) 5. Compute the x and y components of the vectors Ā, B and C in the figure below. y 37.0 A(12.0m) 40.0° 60.0° C(6.0m) В (15.0m) 6. Add the following displacements by the component method. 8.0 ft directed 45° northeast, 12.0ft directed south, and 20.0 ft directed 45° South of West. 7. Find the scalar product of two vectors A=4i+3j and B=5i-2j. 8. Find the Angle between Vectors given in problem 7. 9. Find the vector product of vectors given in problem 7. 10. What is the Magnitude of the vector product in problem 9.
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